As a dramatic comedy, it boasts a chemistry between François Cluzet and Omar Sy, but unfortunately, it relies too often on clichés to build its corny story about friendship, disability and racial prejudice. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 13, 2025

It’s an example of smart and capable filmmaking that can make you laugh as well as tug at your heartstrings.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 22, 2022

The French film is superior to the Hollywood remake although the problem of Orientalism is more prominent.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 4, 2022

The movie is clearly intended to counteract the racist and anti-immigrant policies increasingly being promoted by the French ruling elite and ultra-right political elements in particular.

| Feb 28, 2021

Dark tragedy is frequently overshadowed by robust emotional energy, humor, and the stirring examination of values in completely opposite worlds.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 1, 2020

Don't whine about the subtitles. Show some sensibility and give it a shot.

| Nov 10, 2020

Sometimes happiness is found in the places we least expect it.

| Original Score: A | Jul 31, 2020

...a well-intentioned but misguided mess of gooey positivity that strikes a grating symphony of false notes.

| Feb 13, 2020

The Intouchables will touch you in the most unimaginable and unforgettable ways.

| Nov 26, 2019

The culture clash shtick is nothing new, but seldom has it been this funny, and Philippe and Driss' opposing perspectives on music, opera and art produce many a laugh-out-loud moment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 5, 2019

The bromance movie is somewhat old hat now... The Intouchables brings a new, refreshing level to the genre - it only took a real-life, improbable friendship to inspire the making of the film.

| Sep 8, 2018

Don't miss this exhilarating film...

| Sep 18, 2017

Without getting into spoilers, can I just say how refreshing it was to watch a film about a physically challenged person that didn't end on a total downer?

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 28, 2013

Gives its subject too light a treatment for the life-affirming message to feel earned.

Full Review | Jan 2, 2013

This pleasant, predictable, fact-based tale of an unlikely friendship between a quadriplegic and his carer hits all the sweet spots a feel-good movie must.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2012

In the wrong hands this film could have been a sentimental mess. Luckily it's not and instead of being a film about labels, it's about people and the healing power of camaraderie.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 28, 2012

I think a lot of people are going to enjoy it but I think it also tries too hard to please that audience and it just shrieks, aiming at that middle bar.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2012

The problem is that if, while you're having a good time with these characters, you start to think about the wider implications of the film, you might find yourself somewhat less enthralled.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2012

Is The Intouchables an enjoyable movie if you overlook a few potentially queasy-making scenes? Absolutely. Is it great filmmaking in the neighbourhood of art? Nope.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 25, 2012

Oscar-nominated, lauded at festivals overseas and now, one of the most successful French pictures of all time, The Intouchables is simply irresistible.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 22, 2012